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Count Financial adds member firm

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020
... against Count Financial by Piper Alderman who alleges it did not ensure its financial advisers did not contravene their legal obligations to clients, failed to ensure adviser remuneration was free from conflict, act in the best interests of customers ...

Finance job ads perk up

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2020
... sectors trail behind advertising, arts and media (16% growth), consulting and strategy (13%), human resources (12%), and legal (11%) in terms of the number of jobs advertised for the period. Between April and May, job ads for the banking and finance ...

Macquarie director departs

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
... Westpac as an independent non-executive director, effective November 2020. He will also become a member of the board's legal, regulatory and compliance committee and well as its technology committee. In announcing Hawker's appointment, Westpac ...

Female ASX 200 chiefs fall

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2020
... functional roles, with 37% of these positions held by women (up from 30% four years ago). This includes HR, corporate affairs, legal risk and compliance, sales and marketing, strategy, finance and information and technology positions, with the highest ...

Industry fund reveals new mandates

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
An industry superannuation fund has overhauled its investment strategy, terminating and replacing several managers in the process. Following the recent termination of AMP Capital as investment manager for its Balanced Socially Responsible option, as ...

Rest climate change case pushes ahead

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
Rest's legal stoush with one of its members over the fund's approach to climate change is pushing ahead, with a trial fast approaching. Rest and Mark McVeigh have a hearing for a dispute on discovery and privilege today before mediation on September ...

Legalsuper appoints executive, increases premiums

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... members paying for insurance. "It's not a high level of impact... most of the members in our fund are support staff in legal firms. In our experience, the applications for early release have tended to be younger members and smaller legal practices," ...

ASIC reinforces power to obtain documents

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... to obtain documents. In a media release, ASIC grouped together its successful challenging to RI Advice's claims for legal professional privilege and an order for Maxi EFX to produce documents. The regulator said both Federal Court decisions support ...

NAB fined over fees for no service

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... MLC to pay $49.5 million and NULIS $8 million, noting that MLC's contraventions were more severe. NAB group executive, legal and commercial services Sharon Cook, said: "With this legal matter resolved and important lessons learned, we are now moving ...

The fundies of tomorrow

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... have it operating at full speed. Perpetual has offered its services as custodian, EY as auditor, Norton Rose Fulbright as legal team, Citco as administrator and BTIG as broker. "The fund's operations are as good as any funds management business would ...